Dual Boot XP & Win98SE

[Goatman]

Can someone give me step by step instructions on how to do this?

I have WinXP Pro

 

[Qumahlin]

You can either use a boot loader like system commander and such, or you can just make 2 partitions

Install win 98 onto the one, then install XP onto the other, and the XP bootloader should detect 98 and add it to your bootlist at startup 🙂

 

[Khayman]

if one was to install 98 second, then boot using the xp cd and select repair, would that also work?

 

[existenz]

Yeah, that would fix up the boot file, i think...

 

[Lonman]

Goatman, good rule of thumb to follow in multi-booting -- *oldest OS first (avoids a lot of extra work/problems that way). Put 98 on your c:\ partition, and run XP setup while in 98 and install it to another partition.

* you can put 95 OR 98 on your primary partition, 2k next partition, ME next, and finally XP -- all will work from the same drive using that simple precept - oldest first.

 

[XeoNoX]

Use partition magic's pq boot

 

[Lonman]

Originally posted by xeonox
Use partition magic's pq boot

Why use third party boot loaders if they're not needed?

 

[phishhead]

my point exactly lonman🙂 nt loader works great why screw with it...just arrow up or down to the os and enter easy as that...now why complicate things

 

[Goatman]

I have been running my current set up for a while and don't wanna loose my HD, how do I add it after the fact, I can't get the Windows 98 setup to run